Hasan Minhaj
Biography
Hasan Minhaj is an American comedian and actor who was born in Davis, California and came up through stand-up comedy and small television roles before joining The Daily Show, where he was a senior correspondent from 2014 to 2018. In 2017 he spoke at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, and that year his one-man show Homecoming King became his first Netflix special. He went on to host the weekly series Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, which won an Emmy and brought him a second Peabody Award, after his first for Homecoming King. Later credits include a recurring part on the Apple TV+ drama The Morning Show, the Netflix special Hasan Minhaj: The King's Jester (2022), and a supporting role in the comedy No Hard Feelings (2023). In 2023 he returned for a guest hosting stint on The Daily Show.
41years old
Turns 42 on September 23in 342 days
- Born Davis
- Star sign: LibraFirst day of the sign, on the Virgo cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 9 years2017 to 2026
Genres
- Comedy78%, 7 films
- Action22%, 2 films
- Adventure22%, 2 films
- Documentary22%, 2 films
- Crime11%, 1 film
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Big break
Hasan Minhaj joined The Daily Show in 2014 as its last correspondent hired by Jon Stewart, landing the job after sending in a tape of a segment idea and then panicking because he had no other material prepared for the audition.
Big break
In 2008 Minhaj won Wild 94.9's Best Comic Standing competition, and the win led to work as an opening act for Katt Williams, Pablo Francisco and Gabriel Iglesias.
Behind the camera
Minhaj founded the production company 186K Films in December 2021, serving as its CEO with frequent collaborator Prashant Venkataramanujam as Chief Content Officer.
A first
In 2022, Minhaj gave voice to The Riddler in Batman Unburied, the first Batman podcast from Warner Bros. and Spotify.
Behind the camera
Minhaj helped stage the sequence involving Pavitr Prabhakar in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse in 2023, working alongside the character's voice actor Karan Soni.
First role
Minhaj became interested in comedy while in college after watching Chris Rock's Never Scared, the first stand-up special he ever saw, and began traveling to San Francisco to perform.
Hasan Minhaj movies on Netflix
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